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Richland County Passes Non-discrimination Ordinance!
June 8, 2011
Progress in Richland County for LGBT South Carolinians!
Hate Crimes Bill Introduced in SC General Assembly
May 19, 2011
Hate Crimes Bill Introduced in SC General Assembly
South Carolina Equality Stands Against Anti-LGBT Violence and Counters Rhetoric that Encourages People to “Act Straight”
April 20, 2011
April 20, 2011 SC Equality Press Release regarding recent attack on Joshua Esskew and comments by Dr. James of Winthrop University.
ACLU Demands That Schools Stop Unconstitutional Web Filtering of LGBT Content
March 28, 2011
ACLU Demands That Schools Stop Unconstitutional Web Filtering Of LGBT Content Students Across The Country Report Censorship Of Educational Web Content As Part Of Organization’s “Don’t Filter Me” Project
Columbia City Add Gender Identity Protections
March 15, 2011
Columbia City and Mayor Steve Benjamin expand protections in employment to include gender identity!
Press Release - State Survey and Bullying
January 14, 2011
Statewide Survey of South Carolina Gay and Transgender Community Evidences High Occurrences of Bullying and Harassment.
"It Gets Better" Vigil October 20, 2010
October 19, 2010
Please join friends and allies as we meet in communities across the State to remember friends lost to suicide and stand in solidarity against hatred and bullying.
Statement from our New Executive Director
August 20, 2010
Having been the executive director of South Carolina Equality for just over a month now, I find myself in awe of our exceptional community. From the upstate to the low country, everyone is welcoming and eager to help create the change that...
We're looking for a few good volunteers to help us at Pride celebrations in the coming months
June 8, 2010
South Carolina Equality is proud to support celebrations of Pride throughout our area. We love getting together with our community to see old friends and make some new ones.
Urgent Action Needed: Call Congress TODAY and demand that DADT be repealed
May 26, 2010
The White House and the Pentagon have finally changed their tune and announced that they will now support an amendment to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law THIS YEAR.
Congress needs to hear from you! Urge your legislators to pass ENDA today
May 21, 2010
In South Carolina and 28 other states, it is legal to fire someone because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual -- or straight. In South Carolina and 37 other states, it is legal to fire a transgender person.
Senate Education Subcommittee debates discriminatory teen dating violence bill
May 12, 2010
This morning, the Senate K-12 Education Sub-Committee held another hearing on H3543, the Teen Dating Violence Bill. SC Equality, its lobbyist, and allied organizations like Sean's Last Wish were present--with four witnesses who were prepared to...
SC Equality names new Executive Director
May 6, 2010
South Carolina Equality announced today Utah Legislator Christine Johnson has been named its new Executive Director.
Join us for Veterans Lobby Day on Don't Ask, Don't Tell
April 28, 2010
You may have seen a lot of news lately about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that keeps patriotic lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the U.S. military. In fact, there's been more progress on repealing this discriminatory law...
South Carolina Equality calls on Congress to pass ENDA now
April 21, 2010
In South Carolina and in many other states, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals can be fired simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. And it's totally legal.
South Carolina Equality is queering the census
March 18, 2010
We know it's a little clichéd --- but here's what we want to tell the census: We're here. We're queer. And we want you to ask us about it.
Urgent Action Needed: Protect the state budget cuts that are ending HIV / AIDS program funding
March 12, 2010
The House of Representatives of the South Carolina General Assembly has voted to remove ALL HIV/AIDS funding for the ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) and HIV Prevention (Project F.A.I.T.H., the only state-wide HIV prevention program in 29 years...
Don't Forget: You're invited to join us at the new Fox Theatre on March 13 for a screening of Out in the Silence
March 5, 2010
SC Equality & the Nickelodeon Theatre invite you to join us for a screening of Out in the Silence, a documentary the Philadelphia Inquirer has called "stunning."
Small victory, but the fight continues as dating violence bill heads back to subcommittee
February 25, 2010
We have another opportunity to make the case for all children to be included in the Teen Dating Violence Bill, H3543, because the bill was returned to subcommittee for further review.